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    True medals table

    It always annoys me that the Olympics medals table is represented in either rankings by amount of gold won, or totals of medals won. Surely the most accurate way would be to use a points system.

    If we were to recalculate the official IOC table (going by numbers of gold medals, with numbers of silvers as a tie breaker) to one utilising a points system with each gold counting four points, a silver two and bronze one, the Top 8 standings would be changed, but there'd be some significant changes in the midfield.

    So here's the points system Top 30, with IOC ranking in brackets. Numbers of golds become the tie breaker (if still equal, silver)

    1. (1) USA 282 points
    2. (2) Great Britain 169
    3. (3) China 166
    4. (4) Russia 121
    5. (5) Germany 102
    6. (6) Japan 85
    7. (7) France 84
    8. (9) Australia 53
    9. (8) South Korea 51
    10. (10) Italy 50
    11. (11) Netherlands 48
    12. (12) Hungary 42
    13. (14) Brazil 42
    14. (19) New Zealand 39
    15. (13) Spain 38
    16. (20) Canada 37
    17. (16) Kenya 33
    18. (15) Jamaica 32
    19. (21) Kazakhstan 31
    20. (18) Cuba 30
    21. (17) Croatia 28
    22. (26) Sweden 23
    23. (38) Denmark 23
    24. (27) South Africa 22
    25. (28) Ukraine 22
    26. (39) Azerbaijan 22
    28. (29) Poland 20
    29. (22) Colombia 19
    30. (32) Uzbekistan 17

    Falling out of the Top 30 are Greece (24th on the IOC rankings/16 points), Argentina (25th/13), North Korea and Serbia (both 30th/16).

    The highest climbers are Denmark (15 places) and Azerbaijan (13), who had won many silvers and bronze medals, but only one gold each. New Zealand, Canada and Sweden also benefit from the points system.

    (Apologies for any miscalculations that might have occurred. I didn't double check everything)

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    True medals table

    Every 4 years there are alternative medal tables proposed, according to national bias. In New Zealand we go on (tediously) about "per capita", but only for the first week or so. Then the athletics starts, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries overtake us, and we switch to "range of sports". Take that, you sprinters! Nobody talks much here about the GDP table, for obvious reasons.

    I'd like to see (i.e. can't be bothered to calculate) a medal table based on the number of ... well, medals. In other words, the total collection of necks on which medals are bestowed. It's a lot easier to have one national hero who swims, than it is to assemble a big squad for team sports. The USA would probably still win (relays, basketball etc) but the minor placings would get shaken up.

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      True medals table

      88th place and proud of it.

      Eat my nil

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